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Bracatinga (Mimosa scabrella Bentham) honeydew honey is a Brazilian dark honey in increasing international appreciation. In this sense, the knowledge of its composition and potential biological properties becomes indispensable. In the present study, the physicochemical characteristics, including mineral and phenolic composition, and the scavenging, reducing, and antimicrobial proprieties of bracatinga honeydew honey (bhh) from five different geographical locations, were investigated. Bhh proved to be a potential functional food due to its high content of minerals (up to 6395 mg kg−1) and phenolic compounds (up to 2393 µg 100 g−1) and high scavenging and reducing activities. High antimicrobial activity against four bacterial strains, with minimum inhibitory concentration values ranging from 10 to 60%, were also found. Additionally, through principal component analysis, partial discrimination of bhh was observed according to the geographical location, which favored the separation of samples from Lages, and mainly due to the presence of nectar in this honey, which was proposed for the samples from Bom Retiro.
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This study was financed in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001. Authors also wish to thank the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico—Brasil (CNPq), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Santa Catarina—Brasil (FAPESC), Agronomist Saulo Luis Poffo (Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa Catarina—EPAGRI), and the participating beekeepers from Santa Catarina state.
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M.S.A. coordinated the work and, together with S.K.T.S., designed all experiments, performed the antioxidant and minerals experiments, interpreted these data, wrote, edited, and revised the manuscript; G.O.R. and G.B. performed the physicochemical experiments, interpreted these data, and revised the manuscript; A.C.V. and H.D. performed the phenolic compounds experiments, interpreted these data, and revised the manuscript; M.M. performed the antimicrobial experiments, interpreted these data, and revised the manuscript; A.C.O.C., L.V.G., and R.F. supervised the work and revised the manuscript.
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Azevedo, M.S., Seraglio, S.K.T., Bergamo, G. et al. Physicochemical properties and biological activities of bracatinga honeydew honey from different geographical locations. J Food Sci Technol 58, 3417–3429 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-020-04937-x
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